"There are times when there is no illumination and no thrill, but just the daily round, the common task. Routine is God's way of saving us between our times of inspiration. Do not expect God always to give you His thrilling minutes, but learn to live in the domain of drudgery by the power of God." (Oswald Chambers)
As I look back on my life I find that it has been mostly spent doing the ordinary things. Going to work, coming home, taking out the trash, mowing the yard, playing with the kids (and now their kids), going to church, playing golf and tennis and just being a dad and husband.
Sure, there have been some high points where I have felt close to God and His purposes in my life, but most of it has been in the valley of ordinariness.
Does my common life display any of the attributes that God wants me to show to the world, or am I just like all the others around me? Is there anything different in the way I live that would point others to the Savior?
I confess that most of the time I just go about my daily life without a thought of how I am living in front of others, and it seems as though I spend most of my waking hours just doing the ordinary. Since that is true should I not continually try to live closer to God and thereby take on more of His attributes? Could I live an extraordinary ordinary life?
Someone said "do your best in everything you do". Would this work in taking out the trash, too?
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